Cancer Research Past Awardees

2024 Pilot Projects: Cancer Research Awardees

Awardee(s)	Pilot Project Title
Kyle Amber, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, RUSH Medical College	IMPACT OF IMMUNOMODULATORS ON CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR INDUCED PSORIASIS
Carl Maki, PhD Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology, RUSH Medical College	A NOVEL STRATEGY TO TARGET P53 AND RB DEFICIENT SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Jeffrey Schneider, PhD Assistant Professor, Microbial Pathogens and Immunity, RUSH Medical College	TARGETING SIALIC ACID ON TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER IN ORDER TO INCREASE EFFICACY OF IMMUNOTHERAPY
Christopher Seder, MD Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, RUSH Medical College	DEFINING PROTEOMIC BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH RECURRENCE IN EARLY-STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

Awardee(s)	Pilot Project Title
Jeffrey A. Borgia, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RUSH Medical College	ENHANCEMENT OF A BLOOD-BASED RISK STRATIFICATION METHOD TO SELECT PATIENTS FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING
Lei Duan, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RUSH Medical College	A SYNTHETIC LETHALITY APPROACH FOR NSCLC WITH CO-OCCURRING KRAS AND KEAP1 MUTATIONS
John Martin, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RUSH Medical College	A MULTI-INSTITUTION CONSORTIUM TO IMPROVE PATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CHONDROSARCOMA
Jitesh Pratap, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RUSH Medical College	REGULATION OF THE TUBULIN CODE AND GROWTH FACTOR SIGNALING IN BONE METASTASIS OF BREAST CANCER

Awardee(s)	Pilot Project Title
Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD (PI) Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, RUSH Medical College Lin Cheng, MD, PhD (Co-I) Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, RUSH Medical College	STUDYING INTRATUMORAL FIBRIN AS A POTENTIAL TARGET IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Kevin C. Jones, PhD (PI) Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Physics, RUSH Medical College Julius Turian, PhD (Co-I) Associate Professor, Chief of Medical Physics. Department of Radiation Oncology, RUSH Medical College Yixiang Liao, PhD (Co-I) Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, RUSH Medical College	DEVELOPMENT OF A GAMMA CAMERA TO IMAGE HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCES
Adrian Mansini, PhD (PI) Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, RUSH Medical College	DEVELOPING A NOVEL NK-92 CELL-BASED IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT
Gaurav Marwaha, MD (PI) Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, RUSH Medical College Soumyajit Roy, MBBS, MSc(c) (Co-I) Post-graduate Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, RUSU Medical College Jeffrey A. Borgia, PhD (Co-I) Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, RUSH Medical College	EFFECT OF ESOMEPRAZOLE ON RADIATION INDUCED ESOPHAGITIS IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (EERENS)
Ira J. Miller, MD, PhD (PI) Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, RUSH Medical College	RESTORING NATURE to DEFEAT LYMPHOMA